Ask a Mortician- Is Embalming Dangerous?
You're already dead, what could go wrong?
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**CREDITS**
Mortician: Caitlin Doughty
Script Research: Sarah Troop
Flying Kitten Titles: Oliver Franklin Anderson
**LINKS & RESOURCES FROM THIS VIDEO**
Old Cemeteries, Arsenic, and Health Safety - http://waterindustry.org/arsenic-3.htm
Thomas Holmes- https://books.google.com/books?id=cM4...
Despite Risk, Embalmers Still Embrace Preservative- http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/bus...
Drinking Embalming Fluid- http://science.howstuffworks.com/scie...
Specific symptoms of formaldehyde exposure- The specific symptoms are listed in here, it wouldn't let me copy and paste it: http://www.nicnas.gov.au/communicatio...
More useful info on the study linking formaldehyde to cancer and embalming best practices-
http://nfda.org/additional-tools-emba...
Formaldehyde fumes possible culprit in making NZ university students and staff sick-
http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic...
ALS And Funeral Directors: Formaldehyde Used In Embalming Fluids Could Boost Risk Of Death 4-Fold- http://www.hngn.com/articles/109273/2...
Toxins leaking from embalmed bodies in graveyards pose threat to the living-
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/new...
800,000 gallons of formaldehyde-based embalming fluid are buried in U.S. cemeteries every year- http://www.sevenponds.com/after-death...